The Mountain
Richard Yao-Chi Chen / Taiwan / 1967 / 19 min.
synopsis
Insight into how young people think´s thoughts is examined through an excursion with three friends, three film school students, with whom the director talks about their political positions, social situations, and future plans. The events are framed by the title “Formosa”, the old name for Taiwan, and the song “California Dreamin’”, which accompanies the tourists to the temple on Five Finger Mountain.
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biography
Taiwanese director and producer Richard Yao-chi Chen (1938) is known for his fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s.
more about film
| director: | Richard Yao-Chi Chen |
contact
TAIWAN FILM INSITUTE / 4F, No. 7, Qingdao East Rd. / Taipei City / 100 / Taiwan / taiwandocs@mail.tfi.org.tw / www.tfi.org.twFilm at festival
| festival edition: | 2017 |
| section: | Transparent Landscape: Taiwan |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Mandarin Chinese |
| subtitles: | English, Chinese |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Richard Yao-Chi Chen |
| original title: | Shàngshān |
| country: | Taiwan |
| year: | 1967 |
| running time: | 19 min. |
